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Jerry Brown: Trump ‘Going to War’ with California

Jerry Brown: Trump ‘Going to War’ with California

Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday slammed U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions for “initiating a reign of terror” against immigrants in California.

Sessions on Tuesday filed suit against the state over three new laws, passed last year to protect immigrants living in California illegally, that he argues violate the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution and interfere with federal immigration enforcement.

“This is basically going to war against the state of California, the engine of the American economy,” Brown said. “It’s not wise, it’s not right and it will not stand.”

At a time of unprecedented political turmoil, Jeff Sessions has come to California to further divide and polarize America. Jeff, these political stunts may be the norm in Washington, but they don’t work here. SAD!!!

Brown and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra held a press conference at the Capitol to defend the laws following a speech by Sessions to a law enforcement conference in downtown Sacramento on Wednesday morning. In the speech, which Brown dismissed as a “political stunt,” Sessions accused California officials of creating an open borders system and trying to secede from the United States.

“It’s about dividing America,” Brown said, adding that Sessions was acting more like Fox News than the country’s top law enforcement official. “I call upon him to apologize to the people of California for bringing the mendacity of Washington to California and trying to insert discord and division, and I might add dysfunctionality, in a state that’s really working.”

Brown suggested that, given reports of President Donald Trump’s unhappiness with the attorney general since he recused himself from an investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, Sessions might simply be trying to keep his job.

The people of California will not be bowed by the Trump Administration's brazen aggression and intimidation tactics. We will fight this sham lawsuit and will fight all cowardly attacks on our immigrant communities. #ProtectDREAMers

Senate Bill 54, Assembly Bill 103 and Assembly Bill 450 — the three laws that Sessions sued over — restrict California law enforcement officials from cooperating on federal immigration actions, limit the ability of local jails to contract with the federal government to house immigrant detainees, and require employers to ask for a warrant before allowing immigration authorities to conduct a workplace raid.

Commonly known as the “sanctuary state” law, SB 54 has been by far the most controversial. In its lawsuit, the federal government argued that it forces the release of immigrants who have already shown a willingness to engage in criminal activity.

Becerra defended the law under the 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which he said gives California the right to decline to participate in civil immigration enforcement. He said Trump’s threats to pull grants from local police agencies over SB 54 amounted to “coercion.”

“Here in California, we respect the law and the Constitution. We expect the federal government to do the same,” Becerra said at the press conference. “California is in the business of public safety. We’re not in the business of deportations.”

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Brown said he is still willing to cooperate with Sessions on immigration enforcement targeted at criminals, which he said is possible because of limitations he demanded in SB 54. The law exempts immigrants who’ve committed any on a list of 800 serious or violent crimes and allows the state prison system to work with the federal government. Brown said he hoped to have a “rational discussion” with U.S. Department of Justice officials once Sessions’ “circus” left Sacramento.

But he also blasted Sessions for making “wild accusations” and willfully misrepresenting California’s laws and its intentions.

“We know the Trump administration is full of liars,” Brown said. “They’ve pled guilty already to the special counsel.”

Read the lawuit that Sessions filed

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In 2010, the Obama administration successfully sued the state of Arizona to prevent it from enforcing a state immigration law that was enacted because the administration was deliberately failing to fulfill its duty to control illegal immigration in the state. The Obama Justice Department argued that the state law would interfere with the government’s ability to apprehend terrorists and criminal aliens. Now, as a sanctuary state, California is fighting the federal government to prevent it from arresting and deporting criminal aliens. In spite of his posturing, Governor Brown is on the wrong side of this issue and will eventually lose this battle. Until then, criminal aliens in California will continue to be protected by the Democrats and able to prey on the state’s innocent citizens.

Next California will build a wall [complete with guard towers, machine guns, dogs, barb wire, & minefields] to keep taxpayers from escaping to the United States. When the United States will turn off the Colorado River in New Mexico is anyone’s guess.

Trump is “declaring war” on California? Good for him–and it is high time he did! California acts like it is a separate country that is free to ignore US laws and the US Constitution with impunity. It’s about time somebody informed the Leftist LOONS running the People’s Republik of Kalifornia otherwise!

Democrats get it wrong … AGAIN.
It is California that defies the Federal Government Law. California that acting as did the Southern states prior to the Civil War. And it is California actions that has virtually declared war on the UNION. Now if California wants war, should they not suffer consequences and full weight of the Federal Government. Bring it on Jerry Brown. You and California will lose.

What an embarrassment this clown is for the good people of California. I often wondered how he and all those liberal goons in Sacramento managed to get elected time and time again, guess we all know now! Illegal alien voters of course. Texas better watch out, you’re next.

California has been going to war with the citizens of the USA. The “engine of economy” has been leaking like a sieve for decades and is in danger of needing a tow to the bone yard. Americans are sick of the violence pandering by California and many Californians are sick of the expenses of the California government. Article four, section four guarantees the states a Republican form of government, and gives the Executive branch the right to intervene if the legislative branch cannot.

California asked for the war that they are getting, because California is not a republican form of government; it is a dictatorship pandering to the whims of criminals.

Let me think. The best weather and the worst quality of life of any state; run by a liberal snowflake who is continuing to bankrupt the state even more than he did last time he was gov. I just don’t get snowflakes??

Actually, this is a game of Russian Roulette, which the Liberal/Communist elected Officials are fixing to hear that firing cap ignite on a real bullet. The charge will be, “Conspiracy to Impeed Federal Law Enforcement Duties”. That’s right hold a minimum sentence of $10,000 fine and 10 years in a Federal Prison. I guess it’s time to rebuild “The Rock” in San Francisco Bay.